Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Dec 30, 2016, 2:24 AM CST for 27 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Dec 30, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2016, 2:24 AM CST (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 30, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 30 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
838 WWUS83 KSGF 300824 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 224 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY... .WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO A RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WIND GUSTS RANGING FROM 20 TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS...WILL EVOLVE OVER MOST AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>069-077>081-088>095-101>103-301630- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0016.161230T1700Z-161230T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE- WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- 224 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH A DRY AIRMASS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055... 056...066...067...068...069...073...077...078...079...080...081... 088...089...090...091...092...093...094...095...097...101...101... 102 AND 103... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...066...067...068...069...077...078... 079...080...081...088...089...090...091...092...093...094... 095...101...102 AND 103. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 15 PERCENT TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CRAMER
5 follow-up statements
845 WWUS83 KSGF 301627 AAA RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1027 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY... .WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO A RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WIND GUSTS RANGING FROM 20 TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL EVOLVE OVER MOST AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>069-077>081-088>095-101>103-302300- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0016.161230T1700Z-161230T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE- WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- 1027 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH A DRY AIRMASS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055... 056...066...067...068...069...073...077... 078...079...080...081... 088...089...090...091...092...093... 094...095...097...101...101... 102 AND 103... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...066...067...068...069...077...078... 079...080...081...088...089...090...091...092...093...094... 095...101...102 AND 103. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 15 PERCENT TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FRYE
447 WWUS83 KSGF 302134 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 334 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO A RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS RANGING FROM 20 TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL HAS EVOLVED OVER MOST AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. MOZ057-070-096-104-105-310100- /O.EXB.KSGF.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-161231T0100Z/ MILLER-PULASKI-DOUGLAS-TANEY-OZARK- 334 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH A DRY AIRMASS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055... 056...066...067...068...069...073...077... 078...079... 080...081... 088...089...090...091...092...093... 094...095... 097...101...101... 102 AND 103... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...066...067...068...069...077...078... 079...080...081...088...089...090...091...092...093...094... 095...101...102 AND 103. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 10 PERCENT TO 20 PERCENT WITH A SLOW RECOVERY AFTER SUNSET. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>069-077>081-088>095-101>103-310100- /O.EXT.KSGF.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-161231T0100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE- WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- 334 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH A DRY AIRMASS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055... 056...066...067...068...069...073...077... 078...079... 080...081... 088...089...090...091...092...093... 094...095... 097...101...101... 102 AND 103... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...066...067...068...069...077...078... 079...080...081...088...089...090...091...092...093...094... 095...101...102 AND 103. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 10 PERCENT TO 20 PERCENT WITH A SLOW RECOVERY AFTER SUNSET. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FRYE
005 WWUS83 KSGF 302233 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 433 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING... KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>070-077>081-088>096-101>105-310100- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-161231T0100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER- DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS- MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 433 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH A DRY AIRMASS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055... 056...066...067...068...069...073...077... 078... 079... 080...081... 088...089...090...091...092...093... 094... 095... 097...101...101... 102 AND 103... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...066...067...068...069...077...078... 079...080...081...088...089...090...091...092...093...094... 095...101...102 AND 103. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 10 PERCENT TO 20 PERCENT WITH A SLOW RECOVERY AFTER SUNSET. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ BOXELL
159 WWUS83 KSGF 310047 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 647 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING... KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>070-077>081-088>096-101>105-310300- /O.EXT.KSGF.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-161231T0300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER- DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS- MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 647 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH A DRY AIRMASS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055... 056...066...067...068...069...073...077... 078... 079... 080...081... 088...089...090...091...092...093... 094... 095... 097...101...101... 102 AND 103... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...066...067...068...069...077...078... 079...080...081...088...089...090...091...092...093...094... 095...101...102 AND 103. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID EVENING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 PERCENT THROUGH MID EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ BOXELL
402 WWUS83 KSGF 310256 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 856 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>070-077>081-088>096-101>105-310400- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-161231T0300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER- DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS- MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 856 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...057...066... 067...068...069...070...073...077...078...079...080...081...088... 089...090...091...092...093...094...095...096...097...101...101... 102...103...104 AND 105... WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER, FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL STILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE NIGHT AS WINDS REMAIN GUSTY, AND OPEN BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. $$ BOXELL
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.